Joe Ferrara is a singer and entertainer who has honed his skills not within the safe confines of academia, but in nightclubs, bars, lounges, concert halls, and other stages throughout North America. His experiences as a steadily working musician and performer in jazz bands, rock groups, Avant-garde ensembles, and in theater, have shaped him into the well rounded performer that he is today.
A wearer of many musical hats, Joe Ferrara is also a multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer and recording engineer. As vocalist and primary songwriter for the rock band Father Divine, he has performed on stages throughout the United States and Canada, and shared bills with artists such as Fishbone, Seplutura, and Stone Temple Pilots. He has also worked as a nightclub entertainer with various acts in the greater New York area such as Harvey and The Wallbangers and The Amish Outlaws. In the world of Jazz, he has worked with the Tim Ouimette Big Band, The Red Bank Jazz Orchestra, Manhattan Swing, The Powerhouse Big Band, Rio Clemente, Lou Pallo and others.
